The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Come, have a drink and celebrate your return from the north, and at the same time celebrate that guy Yuan Xi is in trouble."

Liu Zheng picked up the wine bottle, raised his hand, and then took the initiative to drink up the Sanliangye in the wine bottle.

Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others who were sitting on the left and right in the yard did not dare to neglect, immediately picked up the wine bottle, followed behind Liu Zheng, and had a refreshing drink.

"By the way, Your Majesty, although the Karasuma people have a dispute with Yuan Xi, they should not be able to fight."

"Huh? Why is that?"

"That's because we learned from Yuan Shang's advisers that Yuan Xi is in contact with people from the Xianbei tribe."

"Xianbei?"

When Liu Zheng heard the name, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

In fact, Liu Zheng is not unfamiliar with the name Xianbei. Although the Xianbei clan, like Karasuma, has long since disappeared in the long river of history, in the Three Kingdoms period, this northern nomadic people was famous.

Xianbei is a nomadic people who rose in the Mongolian plateau after the Xiongnu, rising in Daxing'an Mountains.During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, they were the nomadic people who had the greatest influence on the land of China.

They originated from the Donghu nationality and are distributed in the north of China.During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Donghu was defeated by the Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu and was divided into two parts.The Wuhuan Mountain and the Xianbei Mountain were surrendered respectively, and the names of the mountains were used as the family names, forming the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes, who were enslaved by the Xiongnu.

Therefore, the customs and habits of Xianbei people are similar to those of Wuhuan and Xiongnu.

In 45 AD, Xianbei followed the Xiongnu to invade the border, and Xianbei was known as a national entity by the Central Plains Dynasty.

After the Xiongnu split, the Xianbei people gradually got rid of their control. In 85 and 87, Xianbei attacked the Xiongnu twice to resist oppression. In 91, the Northern Huns, who were attacked by the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Southern Huns, were forced to move to Central Asia, and the Xianbei took the opportunity to occupy the Mongolian grasslands.

However, the Xianbei people, like the Karasuma people, live in various tribes, which are relatively scattered.

40 years ago, there was a hero of the Xianbei tribe named Tan Shihuai.

This man is brave, strong and full of strategy. After being elected as the leader of the tribe, he is even more ambitious.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tan Shihuai established a royal court in Danhan Mountain, plundered the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the south, resisted Dingling in the north, repelled Fuyu in the east, and attacked Wusun in the west, completely occupying the homeland of the Huns.

It even once attacked the country of Wa, covering more than 30 miles from east to west and more than [-] miles from north to south.In the second year of Yongshou, more than [-] years ago, he led the army to attack Yunzhong County.

Later, he repeatedly attacked the nine counties on the edge of the border and harassed the Liaodong vassal state.At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, was very worried. He wanted to be crowned king and asked for a marriage.

However, Tan Shihuai refused to accept his resignation, and stepped up the invasion and plunder, establishing three ministries, each of which was led by an adult.

During the period of Emperor Ling, during the period of 168 to 178, the frontier counties of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou were attacked by Xianbei every year, and countless people were killed and looted.

In 177, in order to prevent future troubles, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty once formed an army. He dispatched Xia Yu, the captain of Karasuma at that time, to start from Gaoliu, and Tian Yan, the general of Xianbei Zhonglang, to start from Yunzhong, and the general of Xiongnu Zhonglang Zang Min led the troops of the Southern Huns to set off from Yanmen, each leading more than 1 cavalry, and divided the troops out of the fortress in three ways, intending to advance more than [-] li.

As a result, Tan Shihuai ordered the leaders of the three tribes of the East, China, and West to lead their tribes to fight.Xia Yu and others suffered a disastrous defeat, and even lost their talismans and luggage. They each led dozens of cavalry to flee for their lives. Seven or eight out of ten Han soldiers died in battle, and only one tenth of the Han soldiers died. Army soldiers returned to the Han Dynasty.

In the later period of the Han Dynasty, the real enemy was only the Xianbei clan.

The Xiongnu, Karasuma, Qiang, Nanman and others are all pediatrics in front of the Xianbei clan.

But perhaps because of this, Tan Shihuai suffered from the jealousy of heaven and died young.

Not long after the battle with Emperor Han Ling, he died of illness.

Perhaps this is also God's favor for Han Lingdi.

If Tanshihuai hadn't died of illness, Tanshihuai's heroic posture would inevitably invade the Han after controlling all the power of the Xianbei clan in the north.

Maybe when the time comes, the big man will not die from the Yellow Turban Uprising, but from the Xianbei invasion.

After Tan Shihuai died of illness, the entire Xianbei clan fell into chaos, once again disintegrated from the situation of joint gathering of troops, and evolved into several small tribes.

The huge threat formed around the Han Dynasty also collapsed in an instant.

The power of the Xianbei clan was also torn apart in this way, forming several scattered tribes of different sizes.

Like the later Karasuma clan, everyone did their own thing and competed for the position of Chanyu.

Although Tan Shihuai left a son to take over his business.

My son is not as talented as he is.

There is no way to control the Xianbei clan, the leaders of many tribes.

The career that was handed over to him, he could only watch helplessly as it fell apart, just like that.

As much as he wanted to emulate his father, his own skills were insufficient.

Also to no avail.

If Tan Shihuai is compared to Qin Shihuang on the land of China, then his son is Hu Hai who died in the second generation.

Chapter 15 Sandalwood Sophora japonica

"Hey, I really can't stop for a moment."

"The matter in the north is really a headache. Let's talk about it in the spring of next year. Don't worry about it now. Come to us for a drink. We will have a party today. Don't talk about these headaches, just to celebrate your return home."

After Liu Zheng learned something about the Xianbei people, he didn't intend to learn more about it.

No matter how much you know about these things now, it won't help. Anyway, it's winter now, and people in the north can't fight it. Why don't you take advantage of this time and take a good rest.

This banquet lasted until late at night before dissipating.

Liu Zheng hasn't had a good drink with his old brothers for a long time.

Speaking of which, he thought of Zhou Cang who was far away in Funan, and Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others who were stationed in Hanzhong.

These people are his old brothers.

Many of them, Liu Zheng has known them for more than 10 years.

When Liu Zheng first traveled to the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, he met a lot of friends in the Yellow Turban Army, especially Xu Huang, who was also a brother who was born and died with him back then, and the time was exactly 10 years.

10 years is not long, and it is not short, after all, there are not many 10 years in life.

These people who can follow Liu Zheng to conquer the world here are now either in high positions or have their wives and sons.

It can be said that Liu Zheng did not treat them badly.

However, when people get older, they will be somewhat nostalgic.

In recent years, due to the gradual expansion of the territory, Liu Zheng has not seen those old friends for a long time.

Taking advantage of the new year now, Liu Zheng moved out a batch of Sanliangye that he had collected in the past two years.

Have a good time with these brothers.

If it is really impossible to be there, he will send someone to deliver a few altars of fine wine.

Let the soldiers deliver it to them in person, and let them feel Liu Zheng's love for them.

At Liu Zheng's current level, simply rewarding these generals and counselors under him with money can no longer satisfy their hearts.

After all, many people are no longer short of money.

There are some people who have a rich family background and don't value money very much. What they value is status.

As for the status, Liu Zheng has already given them, all of them are leaders in Liu Zheng's army, and the first group of people who followed Liu Zheng were either major generals, senior colonels, or colonels.

After the end of the new year, in order to encourage the morale of the army, Liu Zheng will inevitably select a few people and promote their ranks to lieutenant generals.Then they were stationed in different places to guard one side on behalf of Liu Zheng.

Of course, before that, Liu Zheng wanted to catch up with them first and stabilize his relationship with them.

If neither money nor status can play a very effective role, the only thing that can win them over is the use of friendship.

A pot of Sanliangye that you can't drink anywhere else, and a few words of Liu Zheng's concern for him.

This moved them even more than Liu Zheng rewarding them with some gold, silver and jewelry directly.

They will also cherish the friendship with Liu Zheng even more, after all, they have come together for so many years.Everything they have now is given to them by Liu Zheng.

This can also be regarded as Liu Zheng, who brewed enough Sanliangye in the past two years.

Otherwise, he would send too many people, and it might not be possible to have so much wine to send.

A large banquet was held in Jianye City to entertain officials of all sizes who stayed in the capital.

These three days.He made festivals for people all over the country.Let those people rest and rejoice at the same time.

That's good, give these officials under him a time to rest.

After all, they have been busy for a whole year, and it is time to take a good rest.

For those who were not able to be present, Liu Zheng could only ask someone to send him a blessing and some small gifts.

The remaining days.Liu Zheng didn't get close to these officials, big and small, but planned to spend a good time with his family.

After all, he now has many concubines in the harem.It takes a long time to spend a day alone.

If he hadn't learned Hua Tuo's Wu Qin Xi recently, he felt that his body seemed to be getting better, and he would really feel a little tired and unable to do what he wanted.

The calm time always passes quickly, after a heavy snowfall.

The time has officially entered March 184.

On the occasion of spring.

After the battle last year, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses lost a lot.

Last winter, on the one hand, he appeased those soldiers who died in battle, and the family members gave them great compensation, and on the other hand, he began to recruit troops from various places.

The soldiers and horses lost in the Hanzhong area must be dispatched to guard immediately.

Although some of Sun Jian's troops stationed in Jingzhou came to support him, Hanzhong has always been a thorn in Liu Zheng's throat. If he can't get rid of it, he can only send a large army to guard Shangyong to prevent the Hanzhong area. The soldiers and horses will suddenly come to his hinterland.

Naturally, part of the recruited soldiers and horses were dispatched from the Yangzhou area, and the other part was formed by Liu Chong's soldiers and horses from Yuzhou to form a new army.

Last winter, I started to work on conscription and trained for almost three months.At the beginning of spring now, it is time for them to go to Shangyong to replace Sun Jian's army.

Although there are only 3 newly recruited soldiers and horses, and they are all recruits, there are still some soldiers and horses of Huang Zhong in Shangyong.

If they are mixed together, there is not much problem.After all, after they reach Shangyong, there will be no war immediately.You can also be in charge of training in the Shangyong area. After a year or two of experience, you can go to the battlefield to fight.

Liu Zheng made Chen Deng responsible for the conscription.

Chen Deng completed it beautifully. At the beginning of spring, the 3 recruited had already rushed to Shangyong.

They will arrive at Shangyong in at least two months, which can help Gan Ning and Huang Zhong guard Shangyong and prevent the invasion of soldiers and horses in the Hanzhong area.

After finishing this matter, Liu Zheng began to think about raising the ranks of these generals under his command.

Now Liu Zheng has too many places under his jurisdiction, and the territory is vast, which cannot be managed by him alone. Several generals are needed to guard the border areas.

As far as Liu Zheng is concerned, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou in the north belong to the northern military region and need a lieutenant general to take charge.

Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and a small part of Hanzhong also need a lieutenant general to manage.

There are also Yangzhou and Jiaozhou.

One place in Funan.

One place in Kyushu Island.

The defense span of these five military regions is too large. If Liu Zheng manages it himself, he may not be able to manage all the affairs of this place in a timely manner.

For example, sometimes, some military situations are urgent, if there is not a strong enough commander to guard them.

When the news was sent back to Liu Zheng in Yangzhou, it was too late.

Chapter 16 Ten Years

"Hey, I really can't stop for a moment."

"The matter in the north is really a headache. Let's talk about it in the spring of next year. Don't worry about it now. Come to us for a drink. We will have a party today. Don't talk about these headaches, just to celebrate your return home."

After Liu Zheng learned something about the Xianbei people, he didn't intend to learn more about it.

No matter how much you know about these things now, it won't help. Anyway, it's winter now, and people in the north can't fight it. Why don't you take advantage of this time and take a good rest.

This banquet lasted until late at night before dissipating.

Liu Zheng hasn't had a good drink with his old brothers for a long time.

Speaking of which, he thought of Zhou Cang who was far away in Funan, and Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others who were stationed in Hanzhong.

These people are his old brothers.

Many of them, Liu Zheng has known them for more than 10 years.

When Liu Zheng first traveled to the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, he met a lot of friends in the Yellow Turban Army, especially Xu Huang, who was also a brother who was born and died with him back then, and the time was exactly 10 years.

10 years is not long, and it is not short, after all, there are not many 10 years in life.

These people who can follow Liu Zheng to conquer the world here are now either in high positions or have their wives and sons.